Who Wants to Be a…

1. Who Wants to Be a… Historian Extraordinaire?

2. The Rules • You will be presented with a mystery object. • The goal is to examine the object and its importance. • There are lifelines in the form of clues to help you. • Please explain your reasoning and work together!

3. “I’LL TAKE A PERFECT PAIR”

4. “I’ll CONSULT A CURATOR”

5. “MAY I PHONE A FRIEND?”

6. Audiences’ cue to make a dramatic noise before the answer is revealed. Let’s Play!

7. And the Object is…

8. And the Object is…

9. Object: Question 1: What was the primary purpose of this object? • Prevent gas • inhalation B) Prevent spread of disease C) Prevent particle inhalation in factories D) Imitate Darth Vader Lifeline not available

10. Object: Question 1: From what is this object made? A)Prevent gas inhalation B) Prevent spread of disease C) Prevent particle inhalation in factories D) Imitate Darth Vader

11. Object: Question 2: Who might have used this object? A) Child B) Soldier C) Dog D) Horse Perfect Pair

12. Object: Question 2: Perfect Pair

13. Object: Clue: Question 2: Who might have used this object? A) Child B) Soldier C) Dog D) Horse

14. Object: Clue: Question 2: Who might have used this object? A) Child B) Soldier C) Dog D) Horse

15. Object: Question 3: When was this object most likely to have been used? A) 1912 B) 1913 C) 1917 D) I used this just the other day Phone a Friend

16. Object: Lester Stevens 8th Battalion Source: Library and Archives of Canada Question 3 Phone A Friend “I saw the Germans hop over their trenches and put these cans in front of their trenches… I saw these Germans and I thought that they were, I wondered what they were doing, just one here and one a little further along. It looked like tin cans they had put over and the smoke from them boiled up and it didn't rise, you know, the atmosphere kept it down and the wind blew it towards us, you see. I thought it was smoke and they were going to come up behind so we started firing at them to prevent them from following up this smoke. Then when it came along towards us, it turned green, a greeny yellow colour, chlorine gas, it was. It came up and went over the trenches and it stayed, not as high as a person, all the way across.”

17. Object: Clue: “I saw the Germans hop over their trenches and put these cans in front of their trenches… I saw these Germans and I thought that they were, I wondered what they were doing, just one here and one a little further along. It looked like tin cans they had put over and the smoke from them boiled up and it didn't rise, you know, the atmosphere kept it down and the wind blew it towards us, you see. I thought it was smoke and they were going to come up behind so we started firing at them to prevent them from following up this smoke. Then when it came along towards us, it turned green, a greeny yellow colour, chlorine gas, it was. It came up and went over the trenches and it stayed, not as high as a person, all the way across. “ Question 3: When was this object most likely to have been used? A) 1912 B) 1913 C) 1917 D) I used this just the other day

18. Object: Clue: “I saw the Germans hop over their trenches and put these cans in front of their trenches… I saw these Germans and I thought that they were, I wondered what they were doing, just one here and one a little further along. It looked like tin cans they had put over and the smoke from them boiled up and it didn't rise, you know, the atmosphere kept it down and the wind blew it towards us, you see. I thought it was smoke and they were going to come up behind so we started firing at them to prevent them from following up this smoke. Then when it came along towards us, it turned green, a greeny yellow colour, chlorine gas, it was. It came up and went over the trenches and it stayed, not as high as a person, all the way across. Question 3: When was this object most likely to have been used? A) 1912 B) 1913 C) 1917 D) I used this just the other day

19. Object: Question 4: What is the primary reason this object might have been important to the war effort? A) Dogs boosted soldiers’ morale B) Dogs served as messengers C) Dogs hauled supplies D) Dogs kept soldiers warm in the trenches Consult a Curator

20. Object: Question 2: Consult A Curator Clue: “Perhaps 75,000 dogs…served in the war. European militaries had historically employed dogs as messengers and sentries, making use of their keen sensory abilities to detect people according to scent, noise, and sight despite inclement conditions and to discriminate between friend and foe.” Source: World War I: A Student Encyclopedia by Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts pg. 157

21. Object: Clue: “Perhaps 75,000 dogs…served in the war. European militaries had historically employed dogs as messengers and sentries, making use of their keen sensory abilities to detect people according to scent, noise, and sight despite inclement conditions and to discriminate between friend and foe.” Question 4: What is the primary reason this object might have been important to the war effort? A) Dogs boosted soldiers’ morale B) Dogs served as messengers C) Dogs hauled supplies D) Dogs kept soldiers warm in the trenches

22. Object: Clue: “Perhaps 75,000 dogs…served in the war. European militaries had historically employed dogs as messengers and sentries, making use of their keen sensory abilities to detect people according to scent, noise, and sight despite inclement conditions and to discriminate between friend and foe.” Question 4: What is the primary reason this object might have been important to the war effort? A) Dogs boosted soldiers’ morale B) Dogs served as messengers C) Dogs hauled supplies D) Dogs kept soldiers warm in the trenches

23. Object: Question 5: What issues in the story of World War I might you discuss with this object? A) Technology B) Conditions of trench warfare C) A and B D) None of these Lifeline not available

24. Object: Question 5: What issues in the story of World War I might you discuss with this object? A) Technology B) Conditions of trench warfare C) A and B D) None of these